<p class="normal"><b style><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;background:#6fa8dc">Spring
Cleanup At Alewife</span></b></p>
<p class="normal"><b style><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;background:#6fa8dc">Park
Serve Day</span></b></p>
<p class="normal"><b style><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;background:#6fa8dc">Mystic
Community Earth Day</span></b></p>
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<p class="normal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p>
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<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">April 5th, 2013</span></p>
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<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">As part of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and
Recreation’s (DCR) Park Serve Day,<span style> </span>and
Mystic Community Earth Day, Friends of Alewife Reservation (FAR) is sharing
clean up and spring stewarding activities on Saturday, April 20th from 9am-2pm
with the Mystic River Watershed Association.<span style>
</span>Since 1970, this special environmental day is celebrated in towns and
cities throughout the nation and world, officially held April 22. Climate
change has increased the importance of celebrating the planet’s natural
resources. FAR<span style> </span>lauds the organizing
effort of MyRWA located in Arlington, Ma. which brings local and state
attention to this heavily industrialized watershed in the Boston region.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Green
Cambridge is also sponsoring Earth Day. Celebratory clean ups will take place
throughout Mass. with DCR Park Serve Day. Malden, East Boston, Everett,
Somerville and Medford will also participate in Mystic Community Earth Day to
promote the sharing stewardship duties of the watershed, where needy natural
resources have no municipal boundaries. The days activities<span style> </span>will include Mystic River watershed
legislators Rep. Garballey, Rogers, Senators Brownsberger and Donnelley. The
Mystic River watershed requires more attention as the most industrialized
watershed in the Boston metropolitan region, and especially along the Alewife
floodplain where development permits are sought.</span></p>
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<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">In addition to FAR’s cleanup beginning at 10 am on Saturday,
April 20<sup>th</sup>, please join us at 8am for “A Walk on the Wildside” with
professional wildlife assessor Dave Brown in conjunction with the Cambridge
Science Fair. Both the walk and cleanup are free of charge. Families are
especially welcome. Meet outside of the Alewife MBTA station. You’ll walk down
the North Trail through woodlands and marshes to Little Pond and become exposed
to this rare and fascinating urban wild. For a web tour first visit: </span><a href="http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/2013-01-13-virtual-tour.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1155cc">http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/2013-01-13-virtual-tour.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">.</span></p>
<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Directions: </span><a href="http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/events.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1155cc">http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/events.htm</span></a></p>
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<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Call 617 415-1884 for more information.</span></p>
<p class="normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Call cell: 617 290-4864 </span></p>
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